The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-06-25

was martinez who hated newspapers ano
newspaper men. He compelled the cor
respondents to sign a document which
made their mission fruitless. Farcy signed
it under protest. and announced that he
should elude the censorship, if possible,
accepting the penalty as a matter of course
A spy was set upon him. In less than
week a letter was Intercepted. 1t contain
ed criticisms on the General. A court
martial was summoned. Farcy made nc
defense. The verdict was brief
aCamille Farcv is condemned to be shot
.t s;x in the morninon
He was taken to Tunis for execution
The train arrived at half-past five. A ball
was in progress at the Governor Generals
house. He asked Farcy if he could dc
anvtbino for him before he died.
tyes ba renl;ed sJ wonld Ike N have
, waltz before I die. :"
The governor introduced him to his
dauobter Atsix he bowed to the quests
He was conducted to the euard. He re-
fnsed to have his ewes bandared and de.
manded nerm;ssion 10 oive the word Of
commend
aMov all journalists do as 7 have done ,,
said he a;t ;s their dutvn and foldino his
arms he cried:
ssFirer
A crash of muskets. and he was dead
Rather too theatrical We NAV cav but we
cannot denv the fellows nluck
A man Of different type IS Louis J. Jep.
nipps lie was never IN the field Of battle.
but he exhibited courage that was worth
millions to New York city. 1t was he who
exposed Tweed and his band of robbers.
For weeks he was almost single-handed in
the fobt Every crime in the calendar
was charged against him; he was arrested
two or three times a day; thugs tried to
way Law him: repeated efforts were used to
bribe him into silence, and one night a
man entered his room, shut the door, and
announced that he was going to kill him:
but as is usually the case in such instances,
he didn't do il. The opposition to Mr..
Jennings was tremendous, but he persever-
ed hitting right and left, and at last one
night. when there seemed to be no end to
the long road, a man entered his office,
handed him a roll of paper, and said:
"Here are the proofs of all the charges
YOU have made-exact trapscripts from the
eeomptrolierls n books. The money stolen is
over twenty million dollars"
You know the result-the impeachment
of the corrupt judges, the destruction of
the ring, and vet. when historians mention
the episode, they give the credit to nearly
every one except to the man who deserves it.
But to return to more exciting scenes.
Fred Burnaby, the soldier and cores
pondent, rode through Asia Minor and
Afghanistan with his life in his hands. He
entered Khiva alone, where the discovery
of his nationality meant death. He was
the first man to mount the parapet at Ell
Teb. He fell nobIy in the soudan, killing
two of his assailants after he had received
his death wound. In the same expedition
three other correspondents lost their lives.
William Howard Russell has gone through
half dozen wars. He went to the Crimea
in spite of the governments opposition.
His pen-pictures of the misery there car
ried Florence Nightingale and her band of
heroines to the scene of suffering. He de-
picted the Indian Mltiny, going as COM
batant, and fighting in the first rank Of the
party that drove out the Sepoys from the
front of lucknow, and opened the way for
the relief of the dying garrison, He was
at Sadowa, which gave Prussia the victory
over Austria. For half a century his pen
has been without rest, and he has enough
decorations for dozen heroes.
Archibald Forbes is another hero Of
journalism. Within the last 16 years his
life has been in jeopardy hundreds of times.
He went through the Franco-German war
His travels took him wherever war raised
its wrinkled front. He saw two emperors
under fire, and witnessed the surrender of
third. His services in the Russo-Turkish
war were splendid proofs of his courage
News came of serious indications at Sch;nlo
Pass For that noint he made He ar
Rived In time to see the great battle Rv
night the Russians had demonstrated t6dt
thew eould hold their position. Forbes saw
it. His next thought was the telegraph
Office. The nearest one was at Bucharest
f2O miles awav He nitcbad ont Of onoa
ahead of his rivals. At every station he
mounted new horse, but was off in an in
slant. One bite of black bread was all he
ate in over "a hours. Every moment was
precious. and he made the most of the
time. He arrived at the Office. his matter
went singing oyer the wires, and the world
was electrified by the greatest newspaper
special known in the history of journalism.
This ride made Forbes famous. The
Great White Car of Russia sent for him.
They had long talk. At the end of the
conversation the Car paid the highest
tribute to the correspondents pluck that
words could express. sMr. Forbes he
said in conclusion, II have had reported to
me the example which you showed when
with our forces on the sad day before
Plevna, in succoring wounded men under
heavy fire. As the head of the state, 1
desire to testify how Russia honors your
conduct by offering you the Order of the
StapislaHs, with the crossed swords, dec
ericdon never conferred except for personal
thery."
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